New Book: Basic income, the whole world talks about it. Experiences, proposals and experiments.

Basic income, the whole world talks about it. Experiences, proposals and experiments this is the title of a new book by Sandro Gobetti and Luca Santini, with a preface by Andrea Fumagalli, published by GoWare Edizioni (March 2018).

Description

At the dawn of a new great transformation with the advent of the technological revolution, robotics and artificial intelligence, and in the age of major crises (economic, financial, political and ecologic), comes the echo of a proposal that opens unpublished scenarios: a basic income for all. In the era of the capitalism as a unique economic model, the idea of ​​ a guaranteed income rises up as one of the main human rights.

From experiences of minimum income inEuropean countries to the experimentation of an unconditional basic income around the planet, the right to a guaranteed income becomes key to fully enter, with confidence, in the third millennium. A book of agile and quick reading, written by two major Italian experts, helps to understand where we are and what we can expect.

Summary

Preface by Andrea Fumagalli

Introduction

Guaranteed minimum income and basic income

universal

Protection against social risks and minimum income: from welfare state to guarantee income

Unemployment insurance and minimum income in Europe

Systems and models of protection in European countries

What this means in practice: some examples

The universal and unconditional basic income

People talk about it everywhere. The state of the art of experimentation in the world

Africa at the forefront

What happens in Latin America

Back in the “first world”: North America

Asia, a crossroads of experimentation

The old continent that wants to reinvent itself

The debate and the proposals in Italy

Without income, without a network

A categorial and fragmented welfare

Moving situation

Essential principles for a possible proposal

Relations with unemployment benefits

Beneficiaries’ platform

The question of accessibility

Basic Income amount

Connection with the service system

Individuality

Basic Income duration

The principle of congruence

To find out more: bibliographic references for topics

European models of guaranteed minimum income

Social and labor transformations and basic income

The fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence, robotics and basic income

Authors

Sandro Gobetti, independent researcher and author of articles with a particular enphasis on guaranteed income. He collaborated on the 4/2009 law definition about minimum guaranteed income in the Lazio Region, and the national proposal law for guaranteed income. He is a founding member and coordinator of the Basic Income Network-Italy.

Luca Santini, lawyer, expert on migration law and social security law and has signed several articles. Has collaborated on the proposed law for guaranteed minimum income in Italy. He is the president and founder of the Basic Income Network-Italy.

About Sandro Gobetti

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Hi! It would be great if this book is also published in English! After all there are more people that understand English than Italian 😉 Having it translated should not cost a lot and it would be very nice if it is possible to order digital version.